"Empress Ki" comes in first despite issue of distorting the history

Title: 기황후 / Empress Ki

Chinese Title: 奇皇后

Previously Known as: 화투 / Hwatu (Battle of Flowers)

Genre: Historical, Politic, Romance, Melodrama
Episodes: 50 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2013-Oct-28 to 2014-April-15
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55


Synopsis

This drama is about the loves and battles of Empress Ki (Ha Ji Won) from Goryeo who exercises her influence in the Yuan Dynasty.

According to Nielsen Korea, the first episode of the MBC drama "Empress ki" rated 11.1%. and second episode went up to 13.6%.

Controversy towards its distortion of korean history might have attracted more attention from korean

viewers, i suppose.

Ki Seung-nyang's (Ha Ji-won) life story and coronation of empress was shown on this day. A short message was shown in the beginning saying this drama was a fixion, as if aware of the rumors of distortion of history.

This drama emphasized on the fact that the story of Ki Seung-nyang was fictional and Ha Ji-won appeared as a street gangster, dressed up like a man.

Meanwhile, "Suspicious Housekeeper" rated 9.3% and KBS 2TV "Marry Him If You Dare" rated 6.5%.

Source : www.newsen.com/news